10K downloads and no reviews? That's a shame. After trying many different comic readers I finally found one that has the single feature I've been looking for - to get my books from Google Drive through the ChromeOS native file browser. And I love the speech-bubble zoom. And it does TTS (text-to-speech)! Seriously, this is my new digital comic home.
Reviews of Seeneva: smart comic reader
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Review summary
Seeneva is praised for its innovative speech-bubble zoom and TTS features that make reading comics on mobile devices accessible and enjoyable. Users appreciate its clean, ad-free interface and integration with platforms like Google Drive. However, many face challenges with slow and unstable loading of large files, limited format support, and unreliable text-to-speech performance due to OCR issues. The app also lacks robust library management and customization options, causing frustration among users seeking a more polished and comprehensive comic reader experience.
Pros
- Unique speech-bubble zoom feature that enhances reading comfort on smaller devices.
- Supports text-to-speech (TTS), aiding accessibility especially for users with dyslexia.
- Clean experience with no ads, making the usage smooth and interruption-free.
- Innovative use of machine learning for recognizing speech bubbles within comics.
- Good integration with external sources like Google Drive and Tachiyomi for accessing comics.
Cons
- Slow and clunky loading and processing of comic files, especially large ones exceeding 80MB.
- Limited file format support and stability issues, with a preference for CBZ files; CBR can cause missing pages.
- TTS is unreliable due to OCR inaccuracies and limited customization options like voice selection.
- Lacks comprehensive library management features and advanced UI options such as dark mode or personalized themes.
- The app frequently crashes when opening files like zip or jpg, limiting usability for some users.
User Reviews 21
Openswith the small page navigation on, can't put it into full screen.
Great app and a great start. Needs more improvement as some text just gets forgotten. Add a feature where it can automatically read native files and not on the app
Very cool app. It zooms in the bubbles for comfortable reading on smaller devices. But it has to process each file in advance. (It takes a while to process a file, depending on size). WARNING: Only use with CBZ files. For CBR it can leave out some pages!!!! TTS is not very usable/reliable because OCR struggles detecting text correctly (understandable, depends on text font in bubbles)
Because of the speech bubble function (which works well), this would be my main reader, however, it's almost impossible to get any books up on the app. They have opted to allow us to download a copy of each book you choose, which takes up space on my device, or to make a link from the app to the books on your device. Whichever option you choose, it takes FOREVER for the app to add them to the library. If the book is more than 80mb, goodluck, cause it will take you almost 45mins to 2 hours.
Ugly. Where is the library management? A zoom feature does not a comic reader make. Ok, the scrolling function is very very very cool I will admit. A few years ago there was another app called KomiK that has all but disappeared that had a similar idea but it did not scroll. However, loading the comics is very clunky, I would want to load chunks of a library or be able to link my library via komga. Also the colour palette...? No dark mode? User defined look and feel? Contact me for more.
This is really cool. I'd love to see some sort of integration with Tachiyomi as well. But downloading from there and opening in this app works well enough. Great job.
This app is absolutely brilliant with the bubble machine learning strategy. Just a suggestion: if that is possible, how hard would coding the guided view technology be? AI is also here and there's a handful of good open source AIs. So if it is possible to implement the guided view technology without investing a huge amount of time, I'd absolutely love it to see it in this app! (One app has it in a flawed way, but I think it's possible to execute it in an impeccable manner, such as the bubbles)
Perfect app. The bubble zoom is an excellent idea. I wish there was a possibility to copy one word or phrase instead of the whole text.
While its great that the bubble zoom reading works fantastic, I downloaded this for the TTS and it cannot recognize any text. I dont know if theres a hidden setting somewhere but it will either spout gibberish or not recognize text on any comic or manga i try.
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